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Untervaz

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Untervaz

Total population

2,445

Elevation564 m
Land area27.72 km²
Coordinates46.93°, 9.53°

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City facts

Elevation
564 m
Area
27.72 km²
Official website
www.untervaz.ch

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Overview

Untervaz is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

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History & geography

History

Untervaz is first mentioned between 768 and 800 as Uaze. Between 801 and 850 it was mentioned as Vazes and between 1210 and 1300 it was called Vatz inferiore.

Geography

Untervaz has an area, , of . Of this area, 40% is used for agricultural purposes, while 46.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Fünf Dörfer sub-district of the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It is on the eastern foot of the Calanda mountains and is in the Churer Rheintal (Chur branch of the Rhine valley).

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Geography

Latitude
46.9286
Longitude
9.5348
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

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Notable people from here

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Geography & sun

Elevation
1,834 ft (559 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.51
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,281

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
80
Avg daily Wikipedia views
3
Attention level
Obscure

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Recently spotted species

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
3946
Population (Wikidata)
2,517
Wikidata
Q69095

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Elevation
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771